At his Thursday afternoon presentation, Chip Kidd showed an example of Chinese Batman comics. Check out a cameo by Jesus near the top left.

Chip Kidd shared stories and artwork from his upcoming book, Bat Manga! (due out from Pantheon in October 2008) and told stories about the creation of these long-forgotten, original Batman stories drawn and written by Jiro Kuwata, the artist of 8 Man.

Kidd also showed examples of Chinese Batman comics, which will only appear in the hardcover edition.

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